EMO­TIONAL AS­PECT

The tor­rent of emo­tions that en­sues af­ter a can­cer di­ag­no­sis is un­der­stand­ably over­whelm­ing not only for the pa­tient but also the fam­ily. Emo­tions can progress from anger and fear to deep sad­ness or even de­pres­sion. Th­ese are nat­u­ral emo­tions to have, given the sit­u­a­tion. While it is tempt­ing to ad­vise a pa­tient to not linger in this